Three Loan Wolves

Three Loan Wolves is told in flashback as the Three Stooges explain to “their” son how he came to live with them — years before, they had inherited a pawn shop from their Uncle Tom, and Larry was already giving away money to anybody who came through the door — after some slapstick, a loan shark enters the shop, wanting them to start paying “protection money.” The boys refuse, and after a short slapstick fight, Curly accidentally knocks the thug out (with “bowling balls – cheep“). After throwing the criminal out (in a baby buggy) Moe and Curly leave for lunch, warning Larry not to give money to anybody for anything. And in walks a beautiful blonde …

The blonde is Molly the Glamour Girl, girlfriend of the criminal who had tried to extort money from the Stooges — and to avoid police attention, she’s “borrowed” her sister’s infant son, which she carried into the pawn shop, hoping to pawn her “diamond” ring for money — but she drops it, and the cheap glass breaks. While Larry is infatuated with the baby she leaves — leaving the baby behind. Moe and Curly return, and soon it’s “Three Men and a Baby” starring the Three Stooges, as they try to make the child stop crying — a highlight of this segment is Curly trying to make a “baby bottle” out of a jug, a funnel and a rubber glove.

Eventually, the criminal returns with two friends, and after a slapstick fight (ending with Larry rescuing Moe) and the Stooges turning them into the police, and ending the story. The film ends with the little boy walking out on his adoptive fathers to look for his mother, and with Moe and Curly taking their revenge on Larry for starting the trouble in the first place!

Funny movie quotes from Three Loan Wolves

Larry Fine: [Larry’s holding a guitar. He bows to an imaginary audience and Moe walks up behind him and kicks him] Hey, what’s the big idea? I was about to play Comin’ Through the Corn.Curly Howard: You mean Rye.Larry Fine: The way I play it, it’s Corn.Moe Howard: Where’d you get that?Larry Fine: This cost 50 bucks. A genuine stratosphere.Moe Howard: Stratosphere? Go play some air.